Offshore Business Strategies Special Report 2025

Industry experts share how to navigate an evolving marketplace in the offshore oil and gas sector.
This 2nd annual special report shares insights from industry experts on how to navigate an evolving marketplace and the best tactics being utilized in the offshore oil and gas sector.
 

Key topics covered:

  • M&A activity
  • FPSO newbuilds and conversions
  • FSRUs
  • Drillships in the digital age
  • Subsea suppliers
  • Workforce expectations and strategies
  • Cybersecurity
  • AI
  • Regulations

The Offshore editorial team wrote or arranged the material for this special section, putting a strong emphasis on critical business strategy topics that will likely trend in 2025. You'll need free site-access membership to view the articles below. If you are not already a registered website user, you can sign up here.


 

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Offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico
May 8, 2025
Increases in productivity will enhance the consolidation momentum if BOEM can strike a good balance between encouraging offshore activity and protecting American taxpayers by ...
Courtesy SBM Offshore
FPSO ONE GUYANA
May 14, 2025
'The market outlook for deepwater FPSOs is promising,' Olivier Icyk, SBM Offshore's chief business officer, tells Offshore.
Courtesy Gasgrid Finland
Gasgrid Finland
Jan. 23, 2025
There has been a shift toward more agile and decentralized LNG logistics, where FSRUs are positioned as a critical component of modern energy infrastructure.
Courtesy TechnipFMC
Subsea 2.0 tree deployed offshore Brazil
May 12, 2025
Failure to either ramp up staffing or adopt a more productive consolidation strategy could result in significant delivery delays, adding to already long lead times for subsea ...
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offshore workforce
April 29, 2025
These are the top strategies that address the immediate talent shortages and will position the oil and gas industry for long-term success in an evolving energy and digital landscape...
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offshore energy workforce
April 16, 2025
With the pay gap slowly closing and fewer job opportunities being received, could the allure of renewables and technology and its potential to offer career progression see more...
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Modernizing the Global Drillship Fleet
May 8, 2025
Operators are finding new ways to configure existing assets, upgrading mature fleets for asset efficiency and longevity.
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Analysis Here’s how the oil and gas industry can defeat the cyber threat
Jan. 22, 2025
A proactive, risk-based approach to cybersecurity is now more crucial than ever.
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offshore cybersecurity
April 30, 2025
In the offshore oil and gas industry, where safety and operational uptime are critical to success, integrating cybersecurity directly into engineering processes is not just a ...
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maritime surveillance
May 12, 2025
Most maritime surveillance is unsustainably reactive, investigating incidents only after they occur.
Courtesy Tampnet
Tampnet Connected Platform
April 2, 2025
A private 5G network can power digitalization across the entire offshore installation, seamlessly connecting devices and sensors while overcoming the challenges of steel environments...
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automation in the offshore oil and gas industry
May 2, 2025
eDrilling CEO says the energy industry was late to the SaaS era, and it should aim to not be late to the next transformative technology wave of AI.
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Offshore regulations
May 13, 2025
How might enforcement shift under an administration perceived to favor deregulation and economic growth over tighter environmental oversight and legal action?
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offshore oil spill response
April 30, 2025
Despite EU-level coordination, Europe’s offshore oil spill response remains deeply fragmented in practice.

For more information about Offshore's special reports, contact Editor-in-Chief Ariana Hurtado at [email protected]